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Sorry, but you are wrong. I think you are confusing revocation with extension.
Revocation is exactly that- and extension is as the name suggests, an extension. Their is zero suggestion that the EU would grant an extension for a re-negotiation of the WA, but every suggestion that they would for a referendum- as long as it had sensible choices such as Mays WA or remain. They won’t grant an extension for WA vs no-deal, for example.
If Corbyn got into government by the end of Feb the EU might grant an extension to ratify the terms of the WA, but there is no suggestion that they would re-negotiate it at this late stage. Everything else aside there’s simply no time as the extension would be bounded by the European elections in May.
Finally, why grant an extension when Labours rhetoric has been to achieve the impossible? What would the point be? And, finally finally, the WA is not the future agreement. It doesn’t bind us to a future without the SM, or Norway+, or anything else- it simply stops us ruining Ireland if we continue to demand the impossible.
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You keep saying this but it's not true. The EU have said time and again they will not renegotiate May's deal.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/03/uk/brexit-negotiations-rejected-intl/index.html
It's too late for May and the current Government to do anything else. So if May keeps pushing her deal then, yes, that is the only deal on offer.
May cannot revoke A50 in order to buy more time to negotiate the finer points of her deal, that is definitely not acting in good faith (or whatever the term is). The EU would just continue to say "we've told you we're not budging on that deal" and the can would be kicked a lot further down the road.
Any revocation to buy more time would require the UK to considerably change the base terms of a deal, at that point the EU would probably start to talk again, especially if this is backed up by another round of 'will of the people' (i.e. a second referendum). This would also almost certainly require a change of leadership (either in the Tory party itself or Labour getting into power) as Theresa May's reputation would be shot (if it isn't already).